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##¤@†:~,¨¨ ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ ANTENNA ARRAYS ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. ¨,~:†@¤###
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###¤@†:~,¨ WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ AND ~OUR~ LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ¨¨,~:†@¤##
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##¤@†:~,¨¨ AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ¨,~:†@¤###
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###¤@†:~,¨ NO ¨ ONE ¨ HAS ¨ ANSWERED ¨,~:†@¤###
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###¤@†:~,¨ SO WHY IS THAT? ¨,~:†@¤###
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###¤@†:~,¨ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ¨,~:†@¤###
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###¤@†:~,¨ I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ SHOWS) ¨,~:†@¤###
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###¤@†:~,¨ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE ¨,~:†@¤###
##¤@†:~,¨¨ THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ¨¨,~:†@¤##
###¤@†:~,¨ FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ¨,~:†@¤###
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